Muse Turned ＂Femme Fatale＂ in D. G. Rossetti＇s Painting and Poetry.pdfVIP

JournalofLiteratureandArtStudies，ISSN 2159-5836 December2013，Vo1．3，No．12，772—786 a L15H IN 6 MuseTurned “FemmeFataleinD．G．Rossetti’s PaintingandPoetry PrithaKundu JuniorResearchFellow，Calcutta，India InmanyofD G．Rossetti’spaintings，ElizabethSiddalappearsasamode1 ． Inreallife，theyformedamarried couple，andtherelatonshipwasnotasidealisticasitmighthavebeen betweenamuse．figureandanartist．After ， Elizabeth’sdeath，Rossettiseemedtohavebeenpreoccupiedwiththe “Lilith”themeinhispaintingandpoetry ， andsomehow hecouldnotfreehimselffrom thehauntingmemory ofthe “wrongedwife”themuse．Thisoften ， foundmanifestationinhisportrayalofthe “femmefatale”images ． Applyingpsychoanalysistoart．criticism and literaryappreciation，thispaperisanattempttoexploretherelationshipbetweenamodelandanartist ， which bothpsychologicallyand aesthetically，seemedtobeworkingbeyondtheformer’sdeath